As announced yesterday , Ofgem has awarded GBP 46.4 million for eight energy-related projects. Among them, a company running transmission assets of the Ormonde offshore wind farm proposes to develop an offshore cable repair vessel and universal cable jointing system in a way that would significantly reduce costs.
TC Ormonde OFTO Limited plans to convert an existing telecom-cable repair vessel so that it can also repair OFTO power cables, which are much larger and heavier than telecom cables and usually require non-coiling storage. This cable vessel would immediately become available to all transmission owners through the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement (ACMA).